1994 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1994 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season.^[1] The Rebels were led by first-year head coach Joe Lee Dunn and played their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing tied for fifth in the Western Division with a record of 4–7 (2–6 SEC).

1994 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Record	4–7 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Joe Lee Dunn (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Larry Kueck (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Lee Dunn (3rd season)
Captains	Alundis Brice Jerry Graeber Abdul Jackson Jeff Miller Josh Nelson
Home stadium	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

1994 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Eastern Division
No. 7 Florida x$	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	1
No. 22 Tennessee	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Georgia	3	–	4	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Vanderbilt	2	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Western Division
No. 5 Alabama x	8	–	0	–	0			12	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Auburn	6	–	1	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
No. 24 Mississippi State	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
LSU	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Arkansas	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Championship: Florida 24, Alabama 23
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	No. 12 Auburn	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	JPS	L 17–22	41,239	[2]
September 10	Southern Illinois*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 59–3	25,137	[3]
September 17	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)		W 20–14	29,865	[4]
September 24	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		L 14–17	82,934	[5]
October 1	No. 1 Florida	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	JPS	L 14–38	38,360	[6]
October 15	at Arkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)		L 7–31	50,100	[7]
October 22	at No. 8 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	ABC	L 10–21	70,123	[8]
October 29	LSU	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)		W 34–21	40,157	[9]
November 5	Memphis*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)		L 16–17	25,511	[10]
November 12	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (rivalry)		W 38–0	25,044	[11]
November 26	No. 19 Mississippi State	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)		L 17–21	36,521	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1994 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB Abdul Jackson	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Joe Lee Dunn Coordinators/assistant coaches Keith Daniels (Running backs coach) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "1994 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
2. "Blemish avoided; Tigers beat back Rebels with Davis". The Tennessean. September 4, 1994. Retrieved February 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Hampton, Rusty (September 11, 1994). "Rebels mow down Salukis, look ahead". The Clarion-Ledger. p. 8D. Retrieved January 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Ole Miss subdues Vandy". The Commercial Appeal. September 18, 1994. Retrieved February 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Georgia overcomes 3 INTs to nip Ole Miss". Winston-Salem Journal. September 25, 1994. Retrieved February 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Gators batter Rebels, 38–14". Hattiesburg American. October 2, 1994. Retrieved February 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Arkansas embarrasses Ole Miss, 31–7". Hattiesburg American. October 16, 1994. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Alabama storms past Ole Miss". Enterprise-Journal. October 23, 1994. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Rebels spank LSU". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 30, 1994. Retrieved February 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Memphis pulls off a miracle". The Tennessean. November 6, 1994. Retrieved February 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Ole Miss defenders pave way vs. Tulane". Hattiesburg American. November 13, 1994. Retrieved February 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "MSU holds on to coveted Golden Egg". The Greenwood Commonwealth. November 27, 1994. Retrieved February 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
13. Ole Miss 2016 Media Guide^{[permanent dead link‍]}. p. 182